Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, operated by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Founded in 1854, it is the second oldest cemetery in the archdiocese.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Roman Catholic cemetery located in St. Louis, Missouri
- Also known as: “Calvary Cemetery & Mausoleum” and “Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum”
- Address: 5239 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63115-1460
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bellefontaine Cemetery and O’Fallon Park.
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Cemetery
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Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum is a nonprofit, non-sectarian cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bellefontaine Cemetery is situated 1 mile southeast of Calvary Cemetery.
O’Fallon Park
Park
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O'Fallon Park is a municipal park in St. Louis, Missouri, that opened in 1908. Under Alderman John Collins-Muhammad the park underwent a million dollar remodeling including renovations on the historic O'Fallon Park Boathouse. O’Fallon Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Calvary Cemetery.
Mosenthein Island
Island
Mosenthein Island, situated approximately eight miles due north of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and approximately one mile south of the confluence of the Missouri River and Mississippi River, is one of a cluster of three islands: Chouteau Island, Gabaret Island, and Mosenthein Island. Mosenthein Island is situated 2½ miles northeast of Calvary Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baden and Jennings.
Jennings
Town
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Jennings is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,895. Jennings is situated 1½ miles northwest of Calvary Cemetery.
Pine Lawn
Village
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Pine Lawn is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,275 at the 2010 census. Pine Lawn is situated 2 miles southwest of Calvary Cemetery.
Calvary Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: St. Louis, St. Louis Area, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.70323° or 38° 42′ 12″ northLongitude
-90.2393° or 90° 14′ 22″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
86CFPQ36+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 151204178OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
4379593Wikidata ID
Q14693512
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Calvary Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Calvary hilerria”
- Basque: “Kalbarioaren hilerria”
- Belarusian: “Кальварыйскія могілкі”
- Catalan: “cementiri del Calvari”
- Chinese: “加略山公墓”
- Chinese: “卡瓦里公墓”
- Czech: “Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)”
- Czech: “Calvary Cemetery”
- French: “Calvary Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière du Calvaire de Saint-Louis”
- French: “Cimetière du Calvaire de Saint-Louis”
- Galician: “Cemiterio do Calvario”
- Georgian: “გოლგოთას სასაფლაო”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות קאלווארי”
- Irish: “Reilig Chalvaire”
- Japanese: “カルヴァリー墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calvary Cemetery”
- Russian: “Голгофа (кладбище, Сент-Луис)”
- Russian: “Голгофа”
- Slovenian: “Calvary Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Calvary Cemetery”
- Ukrainian: “Цвинтар Голгофа (Сент-Луїс)”
- Welsh: “Mynwent Calvary”
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